Greatest Generation DVD

They came of age during the Great Depression fought to preserve freedom in World War II and went on to build modern America. Ordinary men and women whose everyday lives of duty achievement and courage gave us the world we have today. Episodes Comprise: Disc 1 - The Greatest Generation with Tom Brokaw In this superb documentary Tom Brokaw travels America to tell the stories of individual men and women. You will meet people whose stories and everyday lives reveal how a generation preserved freedom in World War II and went on to build modern America. Extra Feature:... Interview with Robert Bush Congressional Medal Of Honor Recipient. Disc 2 The Greatest Generation Speaks - Tom Brokaw's follow-up to his original Greatest Generation special. In this documentary a woman whose father died piloting a bomber over Europe is visited by Brokaw and shares family snapshots and a home movie of the father she never knew. Research into her father's fatal mission led her to survivors from his crew and the camera follows as she meets elderly veterans who tell her firsthand of her father's heroism. D-Day: A Leap Into History - Tom Brokaw's special marking the 60th Anniversary of D-Day. ""Leap"" features interviews with three members of the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment who discuss their harrowing descent into enemy gunfire their lifelong friendships and their special bonds with French villagers who greeted them as liberators and saved their lives. Extra Feature: Interview with Kristi Negri Author Interviews with Airborne Combat Veterans. Disc 3 - The Greatest Generation Memories of World War II Experience the crucible of World War II as some of the greatest generation share their personal stories and experiences. Includes GIs Sailors Airmen and Marines. Extra Feature: Interviews with former POWs. [show more]

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